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You’re Looking for Therapy to Help Manage Difficult Emotions and Minimize Risky Behavior.
Most days, it feels like you’re on an emotional rollercoaster. Sometimes you’re up and feeling great, then you’re suddenly plummeting towards crisis. When you’re in crisis mode, you struggle to control your emotions.
You may feel extremely anxious, depressed, angry, or fearful. You want so badly to be able to manage these emotions and calm down. However, that’s easier said than done and it normally takes you quite some time to feel better.
Perhaps it feels like the world is working against you. You’ve been dealt an unfair hand and can’t quite get ahead no matter how hard you try. It seems like others have it all together or know something you don’t and that makes you resentful. Every time you encounter another setback, you’re left feeling disappointed and defeated. Oftentimes, you take your frustrations out on those around you and that just makes matters worse.
Maybe you’ve tried to cope with your pain by engaging in risky or impulsive behavior with using substances or having unsafe sex. Or maybe, you’ve hurt yourself, thought about self-harm, or attempted suicide in the past. But afterward, you don’t feel better. In fact, you feel much worse.
The challenges you are experiencing have negatively impacted your life on many levels. Maybe, your relationships with friends, family, or significant others are suffering. Or, you're facing serious repercussions as a result of the choices you’ve made. Now, it’s time for a change...
Reasons You May Begin DBT Therapy
If you’re struggling to control your strong emotions and it’s negatively impacting your life, then you may really benefit from dialectical behavior therapy or DBT. At Bayview Counseling in Broward County (Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, and Plantation, Florida), we use DBT therapy to help you replace negative beliefs with logical and positive ones.
DBT Therapy is often used to help individuals who:
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Have trouble regulating emotions
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Experience frequent “emotional breakdowns”
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React strongly to perceived rejection
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Struggle to control their anger
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Compulsively engage in unhealthy behaviors (porn, sex, or gambling)
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Self-harm
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Have suicidal thoughts or have made suicide attempts in the past
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Are stuck in a cycle of unhealthy or dangerous relationships
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Struggle to cope with change
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Have trouble maintaining employment
Additionally, we offer DBT for many reasons. We provide DBT for teens struggling to regulate emotions. If your emotional distress is impacting your relationships, we provide DBT for couples. Lastly, we offer DBT for anxiety and DBT for depression.
If you're wondering how to integrate the approach into your life, you've come to the right place. You deserve to live your best life. Let us help you get there!
Bayview Therapy's Approach to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy in
Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, & Plantation, FL
DBT stands for dialectical behavioral therapy. It is a therapeutic approach used to help clients who are struggling to control their emotions. In DBT you will examine the causes of the challenges you’re experiencing and learn a very specific set of skills to improve your relationships with others, you better tolerate distress, and regulate your emotions.
DBT requires a balance between change and acceptance. So, your therapist will be both firm and forgiving. They will validate you for trying your best but press forward with teaching essential interpersonal and life skills to do better.
Ultimately, this therapeutic process takes time and commitment. Full DBT therapy treatment typically requires a commitment of at least 6 months. During this time you will likely be asked to participate in weekly individual therapy with a DBT trained therapist.
DBT skills are a key component of helping you be successful in life and in your relationships.
The skills we teach during DBT focus on four main components:
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Mindfulness: Focusing present moment without judgment
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Distress Tolerance: Accepting yourself and your situation without escalating emotionally
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Emotional Regulation: Navigating emotions effectively
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Interpersonal Effectiveness: Learning how to be assertive and maintain a healthy relationship
In DBT we track your progress in learning and implementing the skills you’re taught in therapy. We do this by using different strategies to monitor your behavior weekly. This will help you learn to take responsibility for your actions and to learn new ways to be effective in life and in your relationships.
DBT Therapy Can Help You Find Balance!
If you’re looking for DBT therapy in the Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, or Plantation, Florida area, chances are you’ve tried other forms of therapy before and haven’t had much success or seen dramatic improvements in your life. So, you may be wondering what makes DBT therapy at Bayview Therapy different?
Well, our team of dedicated online therapists and counselors have advanced training in DBT therapy and specialize in helping teens and adults overcome their emotional struggles. Our goal is to help you regularly experience peace, happiness, and satisfaction both internally and in your relationships.
We want you to attract the right people to your life and have the skills to build healthy relationships. This will help you feel heard, supported, loved, and encouraged when things are tough.
Ultimately, when you have the skills to better tolerate distress, regulate your emotions, be mindful, and build happy relationships, you will find that you are less likely to engage in unhealthy coping behaviors that only numb your pain.
Begin Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs, FL
If you are ready to begin dialectical behavior therapy, our DBT therapists would be honored to speak with you to discuss the many ways we can help you achieve your goals. Follow these steps to begin counseling in Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs, FL today:
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Contact our counseling center and speak with our care coordinator.
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Participate in a free consultation call with a DBT therapist to learn more about them and our DBT program at Bayview Therapy.
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Begin DBT and walk the path to happiness and fulfillment.
You deserve to be happy, healthy and fulfilled in life and in your relationships so let us help!
Additional Counseling Services at Our Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, & Plantation, FL Offices
DBT therapy isn’t the only counseling service we provide in our Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs, and Plantation offices. We help people throughout their lives... Sometimes, life gets complicated and you or your loved ones may be struggling with more than one challenge at the same time. Keep in mind, you're not alone... no matter what you're going through, we're here to help!
Our expert psychologists and counselors at Bayview Therapy specialize in different areas. We offer a wide range of counseling and psychological services to support our Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton, Plantation, Southwest Ranches, Davie, Weston, Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, and Parkland communities.
We provide therapy and psychological evaluations for children, teens, adults, couples, and families dealing with a wide variety of life's challenges across the lifespan. Some of our specialties include depression counseling; trauma therapy and EMDR therapy; teen counseling; child and family counseling; couples counseling or marriage therapy; psychiatric medication management; and more.
We also provide affirmative counseling for the LGBTQ+ community and online counseling options using our secure HIPAA compliant platform.
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